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• An instrument used in surveying to measure horizontal and vertical angles with a small telescope that can move in the horizontal and vertical planes. It used to track the movements of either a ceiling balloon or a radiosonde.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Theodolite. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/theodolite.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Theodolite. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/theodolite (accessed: March 22, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Theodolite." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 22 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/theodolite.

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